City report · Guangdong, China
Foshan Air quality today
Air quality in Foshan currently reads AQI 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 107
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 37.9
- tree cover
- 25.1%
- trees in this area
- 78.9K
- more trees needed
- 31.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chancheng District, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Foshan · AQI 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Foshan's tree count comes to 78,854 trees across 12.57 km², 10 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 31,102 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Foshan today: AQI 107, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 22:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Huicai technical school, Foshan (佛山华材职中), 3.1 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
37.9
PM10
69.1
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Guangdong Environmental Protection public network (广东环境保护公众网)
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Foshan's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 57 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 176 on Nov 6.
Where Foshan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Foshan: Below target
25.1% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
78,854
Target trees
109,956
More trees needed
31,102
CO₂ if planted / yr
684.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Foshan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Foshan has lost about 7 hectares of forest (about 10 football pitches): 5.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2018: satellite photo from December 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 7 haabout 10 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 4 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Foshan?
- Towns and roadscleared for good64% · 5 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown37% · 3 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 905 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,240 ha
- Overall change
- +338 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Foshan grew from about 905 hectares to 1,240 hectares, a net gain of about 338 hectares (+37%). New forest grew on about 368 hectares, while 30 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Foshan right now?
The latest reading for Foshan shows an AQI of 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Huicai technical school, Foshan (佛山华材职中), 3.1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Foshan today?
At AQI 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Foshan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Foshan's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 57 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 176 on Nov 6. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Foshan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Foshan has lost about 7 hectares of forest (about 10 football pitches): 5.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Foshan grew from about 905 hectares to 1,240 hectares, a net gain of about 338 hectares (+37%). New forest grew on about 368 hectares, while 30 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Foshan?
Foshan has an estimated 78,854 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 25.1% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Foshan need?
Foshan needs roughly 31,102 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 684.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Foshan's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Chancheng District, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Chancheng District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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